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COMBINED GOLLAE BUTTON AND NEGKTIE HOLDER. No. 319

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COMBINED COLLAR-BUTTON AND NE KTIE=HOLDER SPECIFIQQEIQN arming part of Letters Patent Iiio. 319,663, dated June 2, 1885.

Application tiled February 7, 1885. (Nomode-L) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD J. BURTIS, a resident of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar- Button and Necktie Holder Gombined; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theacconipanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein. a

My invention relates to improvements in collar-buttons and necktie-holders combined.

The object of my invention is to provide a collar-button that will secure a collar upon the neckband of a shirt, and at the same time secure a necktie passing around the collar in' a fixed position thereon.

My invention consists in forming the post of a collar-button from a single piece of metal, having terminal points or spurs adaptedio project from the button and engage with and hold the necktie, and having a hinge-connection to which the outer buttonplateis hinged, thepoints passing through perforations in said outer plate.

Figure l of the drawings is a front elevation of my combinedbutton and holder. Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations of same. Fig. 4. is atop plan view of same. Fig. 5 is a plan view of inner plate. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of post and spurs. Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of hinge-plate. Fig. Sis a bottom view in perspective of the outer plate. Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of outer and hinge plates secured one to the other. Fig. 10 is a vertical central section taken at the broken line a: y in Fig. 1.

C is the post, provided at one end with the inner plate, A, centrally attached thereto, and at the other end with the spurs or points D I), and at some intermediate point with the outer plate, B, hinged thereto. The outer plate is provided with openings or slots g, through which the spurs D freely pass when the outer plate is placed upon the post, and when the plate turns on its hinge from one position to the other. (Shown in Figs. 2 and 3.)

W'hen it is desired to attach a collar to a neckband, the button is placed in the position shown in Fig. 3, and inserted from the inside through the button-holes in the bands of shirt and collar, plate A remaining on the inner side, while the whole of plate 13 is forced through the bllh|i1 ll0l6$, after which it is turned to the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position it securely holds the two bands firmly together, and leaves the spurs D projecting out therefrom, ready to engage and pierce the fabric of an overlying necktie, which is held thereby firmly fixed in position.

When it is desired to remove the collar from the neckband of the shirt, it is only necessary to turn the outer plate from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3, when the same is easily drawn through the buttonhole in the collar, releasing the same. and at the same time the spurs (shown by dotted lines) are effectually covered and prevented from coming in contact with the fingers of the operator or any of his garments.

The post, spurs, and hinge d are all preferably made of one piece of metal, which may be stamped out of sheet metal.

In construction the post is attached to plate A. Plate Bis slipped on over thespurs,which enter apertures g y and hingeplate I), passed through aperture 6 in the post until loop a contains hinge (Z, when the two plates are soldered or otherwise secured to each other in the position shown in Fig. 10. I am thus able with very little additional expense to produce a collarbutton that will securely retain asurrounding necktie in a fixed position upon the collar, which is of very great benefit in preventing the necktie from slipping up over the collar or around upon one side of the neck.

Collar-buttons have been provided with books attached thereto, which were adapted to be forced by the hand of the operator into the fabric of a necktie to hold the same in position upon a collar; but such form of con-- struction permits the fabric to easily disengage itself and slip from the book, which then becomes useless.

By employing a projecting spur or spurssuch as I have shown-their engagement with the fabric becomes automatic, and their dis- IOU engagement while in use is noteasily effected on account of the projection of the spurs in a direction right angular to the outer surface of the collar-button and collar.

5 What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A collar-button and necktie holder combined, formed of two holding-plates connected by a post formed from a single piece of metal,

10 one end of the post being fixed to one plate, the other end of thepost terminating in points or spurs, and the intermediate portion of the post being provided with a hinge-connection, substantially as described, adapted to form a I 5 hingejoint with the other plate, which is perforated to receive the terminal points of the post, substantially as described, and for the 

